The Rockfax team spent last week in the Ariège region of France working with John and Anne Arran (of Chez Arran) on a new guidebook to this wonderful area. We were lucky to get some great weather for the most … Continue reading…
General News
Peak Limestone Published – May 9th 2012
Peak Limestone has been published. We heard from the distributors that the bulk stock arrived at the warehouse on Tuesday and they have begun to get through the pre-orders. The specialist outdoor shops should have their stock by this coming … Continue reading…
Rockfax Catalogue – PDF Download
We have produced a PDF catalogue of all current Rockfax print publications. This lists all our current books as well as forthcoming publications. It also includes a map of our books – see image to the right. Download the catalogue … Continue reading…
UKBoltFund.org
In December 2010 we launched UKBoltFund.org with a view to increasing the profile of the various small bolt funds set up around the country by keen local climbers. The idea was to try and bring together these funds into a … Continue reading…
Rockfax Site Improvements
We have added a couple of useful new features to the Rockfax site in the last week. The first is the ‘Translate’ facility on the right-hand side bar menu. This enables you to read the site in most of the … Continue reading…
Rockfax Books now in the USA
A selection of Rockfax guidebooks are now available for ordering direct in the USA from Wolverine Publishing. Wolverine Publishing is run by ex-pat Brit Dave Pegg and he has taken a selection of the most popular Rockfax titles into his … Continue reading…
Water-cum-Jolly Access
On Friday 2 March a group of us walked down Water-cum-Jolly to discuss access to the various crags with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (DWT) and the local water bailiff. The climbers were represented by BMC stalwart Henry Folkard, BMC Access Officer … Continue reading…
Beginners Guide at the Outdoor Show
We have received some advanced copies of our new Beginners’ Guide for Climbers (the main stock is on the slow boat and should be around in a couple of weeks). These advanced copies look great and our in-house target audience … Continue reading…
Rockfax Supports the BMC Access and Conservation Trust
The BMC has recently re-launched the Access and Conservation Trust (ACT) and Rockfax, UKClimbing.com and UKHillwalking.com have got behind it to help promote the great work that the ACT carries out. The ACT funds projects to protect our cliffs and … Continue reading…
Rockfax Publications in 2012
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Rockfax. We have finalised our plans for 2012 and we are aiming to publish six books during the year. Since this is two more than we have ever managed before … Continue reading…